Tutorials › Outdoor Tutorial 2 - Chinese Lanterns
Paints used: Sap Green, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange, Lemon Yellow, Ultramarine, Cadmium Red, Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna.
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Stage 1:The colour that you apply as the underwash for the mass of leaves will become the colour which represents the lightest of tones and highlights. The leaves in this picture were painted using a watery wash of Sap Green and Raw Sienna. |
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Stage 2:Using a strong mixture of Sap Green, Burnt Umber and a touch of Ultramarine, pick out the deepest shadows and paint these onto dry paper, providing a hard edge to several leaf shapes and stems. The Chinese Lanterns are Cadmium Orange with a touch of Red. |
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The visual dynamics of positive and negative shapes and the way in which shapes and objects can be ‘pushed’ forward in a composition are explored in this painting. Warm and cold colours are used and the ways in which colour can be employed to create foregrounds, again, visually ‘pushing’ cooler tones into the background form an important part of this painting The key element is to think about watercolour painting in terms of first washes representing the highlights of the composition and choosing the appropriate colours to create the visual dynamics to push these into the foreground. |
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